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  • WITN: New York State of the Tech Industry [TCTV]

    Sarah Lacy

    Sarah Lacy writes for PandoDaily, a news site which she founded. She is also an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0” (Gotham Books, May 2008) and “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos... → Learn More

    Monday, February 28th, 2011

    This week, Sarah is in New York doing various book-related things – but WITN is all about life outside the valley so she dialed in via Skype to give us an update in what’s happening on the East coast.

    Spoiler alert: NY is still no Silicon Valley, but it’s increasingly proving that it doesn’t have to be. We also discussed whether New York’s status as a multi-industry town is a pro or a con when it comes to technology startups. Video below.

    (Next week Paul will be in LA, a trip which he vehemently denies is about finding a new American girlfriend/wife. Instead, he claims he’ll be on the look out for interesting start-ups to rival Machinima and – uh -  MySpace. If you know of a company that fits the bill, let him know.)

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